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Re: Wax Moth?????

Yes it is wax moths, and it still can be saved.Freeze it let thaw place it back in the hive the bees will clean it .Be careful not to bang the frame because the worns are quite small and could fall back into the hive

Re: Wax Moth?????

Funny you should post that. A couple of hours ago I was just checking the removable bottom board, which for no particular reason I put in a couple of days ago. Saw three wax moth larvae crawling on it. Ucky!!

This hive looked really strong when I peeked into it briefly a week ago. I was about to wrap it for winter but am wondering if I should do a complete check...we have a semi nice day coming on Tuesday.

Re: Wax Moth?????

Originally Posted by WesternWilson

Funny you should post that. A couple of hours ago I was just checking the removable bottom board, which for no particular reason I put in a couple of days ago. Saw three wax moth larvae crawling on it. Ucky!!

This hive looked really strong when I peeked into it briefly a week ago. I was about to wrap it for winter but am wondering if I should do a complete check...we have a semi nice day coming on Tuesday.

Advice appreciated,
Janet

Same thing happened to me last week. I waited until it was a little warmer and did a frame by frame inspection, but found nothing.

Re: Wax Moth?????

I would not feel so weird about it if it were not that I was just about to put this hive to bed for the winter. I have this nightmare vision of wax moths cavorting over the combs and my finding nothing but sticky webs in there come February!

Perhaps I will just do a quick pull of a few frames...don't want to chill the hive too badly. We are at about 13 Centrigrade (about 53 degrees) daytime for the next while.